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8. Sunday Morning Los Angeles Times January 13, 1935 - [Part I.]
Amelia Earhart Lands Nonchalantly After Her Solo Flight From Honolulu
Vast Throngs Rush to Welcome Woman Flyer at Oakland Airport After Daring Pacific Hop
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Thousands surround plane of Amelia Earhart, as she emerges from cockpit, after her arrival at Oakland Airport from Hawaii. Arrow points to Miss Earhart, who by this feat became first person to fly solo from islands to mainland. So great was the enthusiasm of the crowd to greet the aviatrix that at first it was feared they might rush into path of her whirring propeller. They had waiter for hours to welcome her. Miss Earhart also showed the strain of her ordeal, saying, "I'm tired," as she got out of the cockpit.
[(AP) Wirephoto]

HUGE THRONG HAILS FLYER
Custom Defied by Aviatrix
Dashes Straight for Hangar Instead of Circling Field First
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storm scudding east ahead of her and another rolling up behind her. They reduced her flying speed and forced her to alter direction until, less than 200 miles from the coast line, she circled the Dollar liner President Pierce and asked for directions. The steamer captain estimated she was south of her course and communicated with radio stations ashore to aid her with directions.
Knowing she was not far off, and headed in the right direction, Miss Earhart resolutely pointed the nose of her ship eastward and pounded on.
North of Monterey
When she finally sighted land, it was thought she was in the vicinity of Santa Cruz, but subsequently developments proved her to have been considerably north of Monterey Bay. Those waiting at the airport were unaware of this, however. That was the reason she surprised aviators and spectators who were getting stiff-necked scanning clouds which reflected a mid-day sun with dazzling brilliance. When she finally appeared from the lower end of the bay, driving straight toward Oakland Airport at an altitude of scarcely 200 feet, a gasp of surprise arose from the throng.
Another gasp arose when she dove straight at the runway without a circle of the field. It is not contrary to regulations, but it is customary to circle the wind sock, test the landing direction and then slide to earth in the teeth of the breeze.
CROWD AMAZED
There was none of that for the woman conqueror of the Atlantic and Pacific. Evidently sighting the wind sock with the same casual glance that characterized the entire flight, she roared in and "sat" her plane down. The crowd was so amazed, it was silent until she slid from her seat in the cockpit; then the cheers rolled forth.
STREAM AFTER HER
Miss Earhart ran the plane directly to the hangar which had been prepared for her, with the spectators streaming after her. As the motor died and the cheers broke, the cockpit door swung open and the flyer's smiling face came into view. The response for her admirers was virtually deafening, in the midst of which she reached backward for a comb and ran it quickly through her hair. Despite a matter of fact demeanor, however, Miss Earhart obviously was fatigued. She had given one hint of it during the night, confessing a tired feeling but then got her "second wind" and there was no further mention of anything but the usual cryptic, "all O.K."
EYES BETRAY HER
But observers who got a close look at her noted that her eyes, when she landed, were heavy with weariness. It caused a question as to whether or not she had been worried.
"Worried?" she repeated, with a quizzical smile. "Oh I thought I'd like to have a look at the land several times. I guess I wasted a lot of time because of new equipment and a compass that threw me off slightly. I was also bothered a bit when the ventilator blew off and I throttled down to conserve gasoline."
THREE HOURS MORE 
Her flying time was three hours and fifteen minutes more than that made by Capt. Charles Kingsford-Smith and P.G. Taylor in the Lady Southern Cross in the first west-to-east crossing of the Pacific ever made between the Hawaiian Islands and the mainland. They landed at Oakland airport November 4, last, just fifteen hours out of Wheeler Field. One of the spectators told Miss Earhart as she attempted to answer a barrage of questions and face batteries of cameras pointing at her from every point of the compass that a brilliant rainbow had domed the Golden Gate just before her arrival. "Rainbows," she laughed, "I flew through many of them." As she spoke, two huge bouquets of American beauty roses were thrust into her hands and he smile broadened as she acknowledged them.
PLACED IN HANGAR
Then, to prevent possible injury and to keep the crowd from damaging the plane, mechanics forcibly grabbed the wings and trundled the ship into the hangar, where one door immediately was closed to check the rush of the crowd. As she observed that she had sufficient gasoline to last her for several hours-a fuel condition which surprised everyone-the other hangar door had to be closed to allow some measure of protection from the cheering, pushing populace. Commercial flights are entirely feasible between California and the "crossroads of the Pacific," she told questioners. "In fact," she said, "they are inevitable and we'll be flying everywhere within a short time."
A physician and nurse appeared to give her a thorough examination. They found her condition excellent but ordered rest. This did not prevent her, a short time later, from going onto the business district to the Hotel Oakland, where she met her husband's business representatives and prepared her own story of the flight exclusively for the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers associated with the North American Newspaper Alliance.
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When Amelia Earhart landed at Oakland after her flight across the Pacific OCean her first words were, "I'm tired." This Wirephoto, made at the press interview soon after her landing, graphically illustrates her first words.
[Copyright. 1935 (AP) Wirephoto]
AMELIA'S RECORD UNIQUE
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 12. (AP)- Amelia Earhart stamped her name indeibly into the newspaper headlines in 1928 by becoming the first woman to fly successfully across the Atlantic, and her aerial accomplishments since have made her indisputably America's leading aviatrix. The slim, tousle-headed blonde flyer with the sparkling blue eyes probably has more worthwhile "firsts" in her record than any other woman in her generation.
WINNER OF MEDALS
First woman to fly the Atlantic.
First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
First person to fly the Atlantic twice.
First woman to fly an autogyro.
First person to cross the United States in an autogyro.
First woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
First woman to receive the National Geographic Society's gold medal.
First woman to make transcontinental nonstop flight.
Holder of women's transcontinental speed record: 17h. 7m. 30s.
Former holder of women's international speed record: 181:18 m.p.h.
First woman licensed in United States to carry passengers for hire in cabin planes weighing to 7700 pounds.
LOVE OF ADVENTURE
An unborn love of adventure and an intense enthusiasm for flying have spurred Miss Earhart-Mrs. George Palmer Putnam in private life-on from goal to goal.
MISS EARHART WRITES OWN STORY OF PACIFIC FLIGHT
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stars seemed near enough to touch. Acting on the advice of the United States Navy Aerological Bureau, I flew at an average of 8000 feet, and I ran through many rain squalls during the night. But never, in my many flights, have I ever seen so many stars or clouds. So much water that was half-hidden from my sight by little woolly clouds.